Lecture at Designyatra in Goa India

Designyatra is one of the worlds biggest annual conferences on design. This year Daan Roosegaarde is invited to lecture about his futuristic landscapes in Goa, India on September 10. Full program here.

LXRY

New LXRY magazine with Daan

In stores today: LXRY magazine. Daan Roosegaarde takes you on a trip to the future as guest editor-in-chief with Hanna Verboom, Elon Musk, Louise Fresco, and much more. Explore the future and order your hardcopy here.

INDEX Design Jury

Meet the INDEX: Design to Improve Life 2015 jury, including Daan Roosegaarde, which have selected the finalists for 2015. Our Smart Highway project won the award last year. See all the designs for global challenges here.

Great meeting

Commission 'Icoon Afsluitdijk'

Daan Roosegaarde is commissioned by the minister of infrastructure Melanie Schultz van Haegen to design the new landscape icon for the 32 kilometer Afsluitdijk in the Netherlands. More than 10 new concepts will be presented in 2015. Press Release NL.

'Waterlicht' creates Dutch water awareness

"Waterlicht" is our new 4 acres public project for the Dutch Water Board. Using the latest LED technology this dream landscape raises awareness about the power and poetry of water to more than 20.000 visitors already at Waterschap Rijn & IJssel.

New Studio Roosegaarde in Rotterdam NL

This industrial glass house from 1937 is currently being renovated as the new Studio Roosegaarde in Rotterdam NL. The new design firm will open in April and focus on large-scale interactive landscapes of tomorrow.

Dune at World Economic Forum Davos

Our DUNE is the special, energy friendly entrance at World Economic Forum in Davos for sessions about the future of energy with Daan Roosegaarde, Paola Antonelli, and Al Gore. The Forum is committed to improve the state of the world.

Welcome at Rainbow Station

Our new Rainbow Station connects the 125 year old historic Amsterdam Central Station by using astronomy science to create a site specific rainbow of light. Rainbow Station can be seen every day for a brief moment within one hour after sunset. The light and colour offers the fifty million travellers a year, a magical moment at night.

New: Van Gogh-Roosegaarde bicycle path

It's open! The new Van Gogh-Roosegaarde bicycle path is made of thousands glowing stones which charge at daytime and give light at night. Inspired by 'Starry Night' it combines innovation with cultural heritage in Nuenen NL, the place where Van Gogh lived in 1883. Press Release.

Talent of the Year 2015

Artist Daan Roosegaarde is Talent of the Year 2015. The audience sees him as "a creative mind, who connects art and technology with new aesthetics and meaning". Roosegaarde also is positioned as number 3 in the Artist of the Year index, next to Marlene Dumas and Anton Corbijn. Source: Kunstweek.

De Wereld Draait Door TV & Daan Roosegaarde

Matthijs van Nieuwkerk interviews Daan Roosegaarde live on TV about his new glowing Smart Highway, the van Gogh bicycle path and his famous statement "Creativity is our new capital". Watch the full program here.

Movie of first Glowing Highway

Watch the beautiful official movie of our new glowing Smart Highway. Glowing Lines are lines which collect energy during the day and give light in the evening. Here the landscape becomes an experience of light, safety and beauty. Open for public now at N329 Oss NL. Press Release.

Neelie Kroes supports Daan Roosegaarde

"Digital Minds for a New Europe" is a series of think-pieces by the world's best digital minds such as Google Chairman Eric Schmidt. Now Vice-President of the European Commission Neelie Kroes invited Daan Roosegaarde to share his Smart Cities vision in this new article at EU digital minds.

At World Economic Forum China

The World Economic Forum in China will have a special lecture with Daan Roosegaarde and architect Ole Scheeren about the radical changes in urban design that are transforming the way we live. 10 September in Tianjin, China.

Future lecture in Bangkok

The international symposium Creativities Unfold 2014 brings together the future analysts who play leading roles in the world of changes, including Daan Roosegaarde. From 30-31 August in Bangkok Thailand.

Movie of Smog Free Park

The Smog Free Park is the cleanest park in Beijing where people can experience clean air for free. Daan Roosegaarde and his team of experts are using patented ion technology to make the world's largest smog vacuum cleaner. Watch the first movie here.

Our Smog project in WIRED magazine

Two lectures in Toronto

In collaboration with the Dutch Embassy, Daan Roosegaarde will give two new lectures in Toronto about digital urbanism and his creative process. Visit us on May 8 in Digifest at 16.00 and Design Museum at 18.30 in Toronto, Canada.

Cultural agreement with China

Dutch minister Bussemaker of Education, Culture and Science signed the cultural agreement with Chinese government to support creative industry, including our SMOG project. Read the official Dutch government news here.

New artwork commission by the city of Schiedam

The city of Schiedam commissioned artist Daan Roosegaarde to create a new artwork of light for a bicycle tunnel. The artwork will play with existing water and light to give the tunnel a playful and safe experience. Opening in the end of 2014.

CCTV interviews Daan Roosegaarde about the SMOG project

Speaker at SXSW USA

As first Dutch designer ever, Daan Roosegaarde will be performing 1 hour live at SXSW. His lecture Smart Landscapes of the Future will highlight recent Dutch high-tech innovations. March 9, 11.00 at Texas Ballroom in Austin USA.

Roosegaarde in Rijksmuseum

The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam exhibits our LOTUS DOME in the historical Beuningen room. This living work of art will interact for the first time with visitors in the Netherlands. From February 7 till May 5 in Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.